The Latest News about Cryptocurrency

Coinbase has revealed the details of its insurance arrangements for cryptocurrency held on customers' behalf, a rare move in an opaque market.

Global blockchain applications in telecom will generate $1.37 billion in revenue by 2024, according to a press release by Research and Markets published on April 2.

Big Four audit firm Ernst & Young has argued that the now-shuttered Canadian crypto exchange QuadrigaCX should be placed in bankruptcy instead of being restructured as part of ongoing creditor protection proceedings.

Swiss food technology giant Bühler introduced two food safety products that can potentially integrate blockchain at the Microsoft booth at the Hannover Messe industrial event in Germany on April 1.

Ernst and Young, the court-appointed monitor for collapsed Canadian crypto exchange QuadrigaCX, has proposed transitioning the company from a restructuring process to bankruptcy proceedings.

Bitcoin's price emerged above three major moving averages for the first time in nearly 15 months on Tuesday.

According to a Reddit thread on March 19, traders on Augur, a decentralized oracle and peer-to-peer protocol for prediction markets, are being scammed.

Jameel Ahmad, the deputy governor of the State Bank of Pakistan, the nation's central bank, declared that the institution aims to issue a digital currency by 2025, Pakistani YouTube news channel Public News reported on April 1.

In an apparent first, global online payments firm PayPal has made an investment in a blockchain startup - one that focuses on leveraging the technology to give users more control over their digital identities.

TRON has signaled its intention to collaborate with Japan's regulators as it attempts to expand into the world's third-largest economy.

The State Bank of Pakistan, the country's central bank, is considering the launch of a digital currency by 2025.

Puerto Rico-based cryptocurrency trading platform San Juan Mercantile Exchange has launched banking operations via a new subsidiary, the company announced in a press release on April 2.

The Malta Financial Services Authority has approved its first 14 crypto assets agents that previously sought for a license, according to an official statement published today, April 2.

Online payments giant PayPal has made its first-ever investment in a blockchain technology company.

Binance has unveiled a series of new products and features relating to stablecoins - with the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange describing these digital assets as "An efficient fiat gateway into crypto."

Harmony announced Tuesday that it raised $18 million from an array of investors that includes Hong Kong's Lemniscap VC, Australia's BCA Fund, Singapore's UniValues Associates and Silicon Valley's Consensus Capital, among others.

Crypto startup TrustToken has launched its second stablecoin - one pegged 1:1 to the British pound.

Hong Kong trading and asset management firm Branding China Group is launching an insured custody service for cryptocurrencies, the company confirmed in a press release shared with Cointelegraph on April 1.

Two pro-cryptocurrency bills were introduced to the US House requesting the CFTC, in consultation with the SEC, produce reports to inform lawmakers about crypto.

View With bitcoin's move today to 4.5-month highs near $5,080, the transition from bear to bull market appears done and dusted.

According to its official website, Switzerland's principal stock exchange, SIX, has listed a Ripple-based Exchange Traded Product today, April 2.

United States blockchain and cryptocurrency-focused venture capital company Digital Currency Group has made almost 130 investments in the industry to date, the firm revealed in a blog post on April 1.

San Juan Mercantile Bank & Trust International, a new Puerto Rico-based institution catering to traders of cryptocurrency, has opened for business.

Tuesday, April 2 - Bitcoin has pushed over $4,500 for the first time this year, while top crypto markets are solidly in the green for the second day in a row, some seeing major 24-hour growth.

An exchange-traded product tracking the price of the XRP cryptocurrency has gone live on Switzerland's primary stock exchange SIX. Amun AG, the maker of the product, announced the news on Tuesday, saying that the XRP ETP had started trading on the exchange under the ticker symbol AXRP. The firm first revealed it would launch an XRP ETP last month.

The price of bitcoin, the world's largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, shot up 17 percent within 30 minutes on Tuesday to reach its highest level in four months.

Within the last week, bitcoin has seen strong upward price movement, rising by 19 percent.

The mainstream reaction to Bitwise's recent report showing that 95 percent of total reported bitcoin trading is fake was, predictably, to see it as further proof of the lawlessness and scammy nature of the cryptocurrency world.

China is reportedly leading the world in the number of blockchain projects currently underway in the country, Chinese English-language news daily China.org.

Vkontakte, a Russian social media platform and subsidiary of Mail.ru Group, is reportedly working on a cryptocurrency.